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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 2, 2024
$55.6M purchase expands New York investment firm’s Florida footprint

Clarion Partners, which already owns 5.8 million square feet of industrial space in Central Florida, bought two Tampa warehouses minutes from Tampa International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 13, 2025
Pinellas County waste facility employees likely to move with new vendor

The previous operator told the state there would be 70 layoffs, but the county says the new agreement calls for employee retention.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2012
PeerVue Inc. sold to McKesson

Fortune 500 company acquires Sarasota healthcare IT firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2016
Developer pays $3.3M for land, plans 224-unit project

360 Residential could begin construction for multifamily project by middle of 2017.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2014
State Road 29: A new corridor?

If you look at a map of Southwest Florida, the next north-south corridor east of Interstate 75 is State Road 29.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 14, 2025
Tampa-based home watch service launches

The duo plans to keep their eyes on your prized possession.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2006
Going Up

Phil Camillo, who once sold training materials to rocket scientists, really knows how to make a sales pitch. His latest success? Winning a national elevator pitch contest for entrepreneurs.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 9, 2018
Westshore office sells for $20.25 million

In what may be a harbinger of future activity in the area, a Greenville, S.C.-based company has acquired an eight-building Westshore office complex in Tampa's suburbs for $20.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 25, 2025
Sarasota eateries report $1.2M in revenue from restaurant weeks

The revenue figure is with 42% of participating restaurants reporting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2019
Shopping at city's new amenity will have local flavor

The city of St. Petersburg, Florida, has selected the vendors that will be able to sell their wares at the Pier Marketplace.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2014
State hires CBRE to sell unneeded properties

Michael McShea and Lee Ann Korst of CBRE's public sector practice have been charged with selling 1,364 acres, including a site in Riverview.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2021
Cybersecurity firm achieves 'unicorn' status, expands to Utah

Tampa, Florida-based ReliaQuest, a cybersecurity firm, has opened a new office near Salt Lake City, Utah, as its valuation tops $1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2018
DHL's growth looking ship-shape as it expands locally

The logistics giant has invested $5 million to build a new service center in Tampa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2021
Tampa REIT sells data centers for $1.3 billion

Sila Realty Trust has agreed to sell up to 29 data center properties to a Singapore-based company for $1.32 billion

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 23, 2018
Statement Earrings

Broken earrings led Linda Keefe on a years-long journey. That led to a business, and lots of lessons learned.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 19, 2009
Want to buy a bridge?

Researchers at the University of Maine figured a new way to build a longer lasting, easy-to-assemble bridge for the U.S. Army. Now, a Bonita Springs-based company plans to sell it to states and municipalities.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 3, 2014
History repeats

WCI Communities barely survived the real estate collapse. But this is Florida, where the housing market always bounces back.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2013
Corporate Report: April 19

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2010
Corporate Report: Nov. 19 - Nov. 25

The latest news from Kirkland, Russ, Murphy & Tapp P.A., WFLA-TV, and more.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 1, 2024
Truck driving school CEO revs up plan to solve parking crisis

Tra Williams is utilizing a partnership-based model, mixed with a timely app, to help truckers find a safe way to do a much needed part of the job when they aren’t driving: sleep.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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